David Berkowitz

News about David Berkowitz, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Chronology of Coverage

Dec. 30, 2014

Timothy J Dowd, police detective who led New York City manhunt that culminated in capture of serial killer David Berkowitz in 1977, dies at age 99; Berkowitz, who called himself Son of Sam, ultimately killed six people and wounded seven others before being apprehended. MORE

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The first homicide investigation began with a question to Cain - ''Where is Abel, thy brother?'' - and for thousands of years, confessions and witness testimony were the only ways to overcome the scarcity of physical evidence tying criminals to their...

David Berkowitz, the man known as the Son of Sam, whose murder spree terrorized New York City during the long hot summer of 1977, appeared in court yesterday  if only as a disembodied voice  in a dispute over his personal memorabilia.